During breathwork, heart-rate coupling to anxiety and enjoyment weakened, and this altered affect–physiology coupling persisted into the post-intervention phase¶
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q2 i? Network Comparison Test showed structural change from baseline to intervention (M = 0.11, p = .030); HR–anxiety and HR–enjoyment edges differed significantly (both p < .02), and no reversion occurred by post (M = 0.03, p = .95). → Wang 2026
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Wang 2026¶
Wang, P., Ganushchak, L., Welie, C., & van Steensel, R. (2026). Learning proximal cyclic sighing buffers anxiety across learning moments and boredom across days. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-026-00446-2
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Exploratory, non-preregistered Gaussian graphical models of anxiety, enjoyment, boredom and heart rate within the breathwork group (n = 47), compared across phases with the Network Comparison Test. Global strength did not differ (p = .26); edge tests localized change to HR–anxiety and HR–enjoyment links (both p < .02), with no reversion by Post (M = 0.03, p = .95).
"The NCT indicated a significant structural change from Baseline to Intervention (M = 0.11, p = .030), suggesting that the pattern of covariation among affective states and HR shifted when participants were practicing breathwork."
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Related Claims¶
- Cyclic sighing buffers phase-level anxiety accumulation: controls' anxiety rose across the intervention while the breathwork group stayed near baseline — related
- Cyclic sighing weakly buffers boredom accumulation across days but shows no within-day time-locked modulation — related
- Anxiety relief from cyclic sighing is time-locked to learning-proximal moments, with lower anxiety at 11:00/13:00/15:00 prompts than at 20:00 during intervention — related
- Scheduled cyclic sighing is feasible to implement in everyday language-learning routines, with high EMA completion and breathwork session fidelity — related
- Momentary anxiety, enjoyment, and boredom are strongly coupled within persons, including an unexpected positive enjoyment–boredom coupling — related
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